Michael O’Leary’s Ryanair officially presented its takeover bid to Aer Lingus investors yesterday, giving them until January 5th to accept the €1.40 ($1.87) per share offer.
Ryanair presented the opportunity to create ”one leading, financially strong, Irish-run airline group.”
The offered share price represents a €748 million offer, a premium of approximately 28% over the average closing price for the 30 days ended Nov. 28 and considerably lower than the €2.80 per share that it offered two years ago.
Ryanair guaranteed that Aer Lingus would remain a separately operated company and that both its brand and its slots and connectivity at London Heathrow would remain.
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It’s official! Westport in County Mayo is Ireland’s tidiest town. For the third time, the County mayo town has won the overall title at the 2008 SuperValu TidyTowns awards ceremony in Dublin. Westport previously won in 2001 and in 2006
A visit to Westport as part of an Ireland vacation or holiday will show the beauty that the town exudes.
Tidy towns initiative
The national TidyTowns competition was launched by Bord Fáilte (now Fáilte Ireland) in 1958 as a follow on from the National Spring Clean Campaign which ran from 1953 and 1957 as part of Tostal a tourism celebration of all things Irish. Bord Fáilte was restructured in 1995 and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government assumed ownership of TidyTowns and now organises the competition with the support of national sponsor SuperValu
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Our very own Padraig Harrington joined an elite club yesterday after successfully defending his British Open title at Royal Birkdale, comfortably holding off the late challenge of Britain’s Ian Poulter.
Harrington who hails from Dublin produced a magnificent s
econd shot at the 17th to seal victory as he retained the famous Claret Jug he won after a playoff against Sergio Garcia last year. He landed his second shot within three feet of the pin. “The five-wood is my favourite club in the bag,” he said. “I used the downslope in my favour and it came out nice and low. Once I hit it, it was perfect. It’s one of the few times I think I’ve heard my caddie say ‘Good shot’ to me before the ball is finished. I would have been quite happy with it on the green and take my chances with two putts.”
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At myguideIreland, the service we provide to our Guests is our biggest priority! We are obsessed with always finding ways to improve our service. We firmly believe this is what sets us apart as a company dedicated to travel to Ireland. We want to always exceed our Guests’ expectations on their Ireland Vacation. We have excellent relations with accommodation owners and we strive to create the best tours to Ireland. We visit every hotel ourselves to ensure it meets our standards before we recommend it to our Guests.
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Two new routes commenced in the past week at Cork Airport.
Aer Arann added a link from France when services began from Cork (ORK) to Brest (BES). Brest becomes Aer Arann’s fifth location in France adding to Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Lorient and Nantes.
Flights between Brest and Cork operate twice-weekly on Wednesday and Saturday.
Ireland becomes the second destination outside of France available to passengers from Brest airport. The UK is already served by Flybe and Ryanair.
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